Postal Telegraph Cable Co. v. Carpenter

Postal Telegraph Cable Company brought suit against Edgar P. Carpenter, defendant, to recover the amount of workmen’s compensation, medical and hospital expenses it paid to and on behalf of Joe Carowitz, a 16-year old messenger boy, on account of injuries he sustained through being struck while on his bicycle by an automobile owned and driven by defendant. The accident occurred on July 13, 1928, on Front street near Shaw mut avenue, in the city of Grand Bapids. The boy left plaintiff’s office on the north side of Pearl street in order to deliver a message. He rode along Pearl street in a…